Mathematical linnod of the day.
Iladar nodath agor, egel nan Edain carnen.
L. Cronecker
[Allfather created the Numbers, other (things) are made by Men. — Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk.]
nod 'number' < not-e < NOT, Q. notë (I'm not bold enough to make more precise mathematical terminology in Sindarin…)
egel 'other' (cf. Eglon in PE17 & eleg in GL)
Ekin Gören Apr 27, 2015 (23:41)
Edit: I've found this at Eldamo, confirms nod :
http://eldamo.sourceforge.net/content/words/word-3743116979.html
Seeing this gave me an idea. How about pannod for "integer"? Plural pennyd. Integer in Turkish is "tam sayı" and it simply means "whole/complete/exact number".
Александр Запрягаев Apr 28, 2015 (08:17)
I very much like your idea of pannod; I wonder what numbers were known to the Eldar? Knowing their calendar, they were at ease with rational numbers, but there is, as I suspect, no evidence of the reals.
Александр Запрягаев Apr 28, 2015 (10:21)